WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday appeared to mix up Louisiana and Mississippi, or at least his travel plans, ahead of his late-afternoon trip to Tupelo, Miss., for a “Keep America Great” rally.
In a morning Twitter post, Mr. Trump wrote: “Louisiana, I’ll see you tonight. Big Rally for Eddie R. He will be a GREAT GOVERNOR. Early voting starts! @EddieRispone.”
The post was deleted a few minutes later.
The White House did not immediately respond to questions about the mix-up.
Mr. Trump has had a busy rally schedule in recent months. He will be in Mississippi on Friday evening. He was in Louisiana about three weeks ago for a rally and planned to return to the state for another next week.
And to be sure, Louisiana is on Mr. Trump’s mind with a Republican candidate for governor, Eddie Rispone, in a runoff election with the Democratic incumbent.
Minutes after Mr. Trump’s initial mis-tweet, the president shared his support for Mr. Rispone, a conservative Republican and a Trump ally who projects himself as a political outsider.
The runoff vote is scheduled for Nov. 16. Louisiana’s incumbent governor, John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, is vulnerable in a state that Mr. Trump won by 20 points in 2016.
Mr. Trump’s travel schedule has been peppered with rallies in recent months — five since the beginning of September. In October, he was in Lake Charles, La., for a raucous event where he attacked his political enemies and denounced the impeachment inquiry to applause and cheers from the crowd. A day earlier, he held a rally in Minneapolis.
Friday’s campaign event in Mississippi comes ahead of a tough governor’s race where the Republican candidate, Tate Reeves, is competing to retain the party’s control.
On Sunday, Mr. Trump tweeted, “MISSISSIPPI! There is a VERY important election for Governor on November 5th.” He added, “He has my Complete and Total Endorsement!”
Friday’s rally will also be the first since the House passed a resolution to set the framework for the next stage of the impeachment inquiry into Mr. Trump. As of September, the president’s approval ratings in Mississippi had gone down 13 points since he took office, according to Morning Consult, a polling, media and technology company.